Here are some plans for a 2.4GHz collinear omnidirectional antenna I found lying about. I’m not sure where this came from so I’ve posted it here for you to use.
If I get around to building one I’ll post a construction guide with photos and test results.
Yet another website update! I’ve switched to WordPress as it seems to be a much more polished and managable product than the old Geeklog.
I’m doing my best to migrate as many old articles as possible to the new site so you can look up key events in the projects past. The layout is also a mess as I ended up using a theme with really dodgy CSS. I’ll fix it up soon hopefully.
A member of the project recently purchased a XH8287 access point from Dick Smith Electronics. This had previously been returned by a clueless customer on the basis it didn’t work and found not be faulty so was purchased at a substantial discount. I was tasked with preparing it as a MarlWiFi client and on closer inspection I noticed it appeared to closely resemble a Linksys WAP54G… And it runs Linux… Oh the possibilities!
The main AP has been shifted to the Redwood area of town and is back up and running on channel 11. Due to lower noise the network is back in shape and running beautifully. The antenna has also bee replaced with a better one to minimise SWR.
One notable change to come from this is that the antenna is now vertically polarised so you will need to adjust your antenna to suit.
Thanks for your patience!
The Marlborough Sounds broadband project is still active, and we are now ordering equipment. I’m also developing a Linux-based ‘WISP-in-a-box’ solution to compliment the Mikrotik access points, more will be posted on this later.
Testing has confirmed we have a site with an adequate connection to The Pacific, a local WISP. They have been very cooperative with residents and myself and have agreed to install a low-power version of their standard CPE specially for the project.